The discovery has knocked/thrown all our old assumptions into a cocked hat. [=has completely destroyed all our old assumptions]
The old design was good, but this new one knocks/beats it into a cocked hat.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
knock into a cocked hat — phrasal 1. a. : to utterly demolish : ruin knocked all our plans into a cocked hat threatened to knock the industry into a cocked hat … Useful english dictionary
knock something into a cocked hat — knock someone/something/into a cocked hat british phrase to be much better than someone or something Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
knock into a cocked hat — If you knock something or someone into a cocked hat, you are much better … The small dictionary of idiomes
knock something into a cocked hat — tv. o demolish a plan, a story, etc. □ I knocked his plans into a cocked hat. □ You’ve knocked everything into a cocked hat … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
knock somebody into a cocked hat — knock sb/sth into a cocked ˈhat idiom (old fashioned, BrE) to be very much better than sb/sth • She knocks the rest of the cast into a cocked hat. Main entry: ↑knockidiom … Useful english dictionary
knock someone into a cocked hat — knock someone/something/into a cocked hat british phrase to be much better than someone or something Thesaurus: to be the best or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
cocked hat — cocked hats 1) N COUNT A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms. 2) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that one thing knocks another thing into a cocked hat, you mean that it is much better or much more… … English dictionary
cocked hat — n BrE 1.) knock/beat sb/sth into a cocked hat to be a lot better than someone or something else ▪ My mother is such a good cook she knocks everybody else into a cocked hat. 2.) a hat with the edges turned up on three sides, worn in the past … Dictionary of contemporary English
cocked hat — n. 1. a three cornered hat with a turned up brim 2. a hat pointed in front and in back and with the crown rising to a point knock into a cocked hat Slang to damage or spoil completely … English World dictionary
knock something into a cocked hat — utterly defeat or outdo something. → cocked hat … English new terms dictionary
